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September 10, 2001
Of interest...
Editorial Columnist Craig Stern discusses the reasons for liberalism's death / 4
The Bindlestijf j Family Cirkus hits j Los Angeles with a contemporary blend of outrageous sexual humor and old-fashioned vaudeville and burlesque traditions / 7
News Digest 2 Opinions 4
Campus Insider 6 Lifestyle 7
The Buzz 7 Classifieds 12
Crossword 13 Sports 16
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
vol. CXUV, no 8 www.datiytrojan.cofn
Concert Students look for last minute ways to buy or sell tickets to Madonnas sold-out show downtown
By SOPHIA KA2MI
Assistant City Editor
Ads in the classifieds say they have them. Local radio stations enticed listeners all weekend with them, and some students are still having a hard time getting them without taking out loans.
They could only be tickets for Madonnas concert for this week.
The first of four of her shows kicked off yesterday with much fan-
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fare, but the excitement did not come cheap.
Tickets for Madonna's Drowned World Tour sold out within hours, even when original prices for the tour were high. The best seats at the Staples Center originally sold for $500 a pair.
Now that the concert is here, however, last-minute fans are finding out that they are paying more than double the price of original tickets. Even seats labeled “partial view only” are going for as much as $50 to $100 each.
But some students believe that the pricey tickets are worth it for the concert.
“The Madonna concert prices are triple the regular price at the Staples Center, which is usually around $65,” said Katrina Wan, a junior majoring in public relations, I see Tickets, page 10 I
Give it to them. The victorious Kansas State Wildcats greet some of their 10,000 fans after Saturday s football game. Entire sections of the Coliseum were filled with purple-clad fans who made the pilgrimage from Manhattan, Kan., to watch the team pound the Trojans.
Decade-old science labs get face-lift
Construction: Facilities updated with space and new technology; teaching assistants praise renovation changes
By DENISE CRUZ
Contributing Writer
Five new laboratories in North Science Hall are designed to offer a more modern and comfortable way to learn by doing.
The labs replace ones built more than eight decades ago and are part
of a $12.3 million renovation project. Money for the project came from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, general university funds and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The labs moved from the first floor of the building to the basement sharing space with the
Southern California Earthquake Center.
“The original labs had been built in the 1920s,” said Barbara Grubb, director of instructional laboratories, calling the labs outdated.
The North Science Hall renovation was announced last year, as part of an effort to improve teaching facilities and compete with other universities, officials said.
Students and teaching assistants are now using the labs, which were
completed during the summer.
Geoff Pignotta. a graduate stu dent in geology and a TA for Geology 130, teaches in one of the labs and is pleased with the upgrade.
“The labs are great," he said: “The construction (in the rest of the building) is not totally finished, but the setup is much nicer. It's easier to teach, there's more space... and the chairs are fantastic."
Digital projectors will also allow
I see Labs, page 10
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Chemistry lessons revisited
‘By the time students get to colk'gr. they have a pretty good sense of what they like and dislike. We want to get tluil enthusiasm far chemistry
STEVE BRADFORTH professor of chemistry
Program: Workshop helps high school teachers bring Internet, 3-D into classroom
By SARAH REA
Contributing Writer
As high school students page through their chemistry textbooks, they are often unimpressed by the flat pictures of hemoglobin, water molecules and strands of DNA.
The traditional boredom has gone on far too long, according to several USC chemistry professors. If students' first taste of science were flavorless; then they would never choose a career in science.
So, in 1999, chemistry department officials Steve Bradforth, Chi
Mak and Bruno Herreros created the Consortium for Technology in Teaching Chemistry, which aims to bring 3-D imagery and the Internet into high school classrooms.
“By the time students get to college, they have a pretty good sens£ of what they like and dislike,” said Bradforth, a professor of chemistry. “We want to get that enthusiasm for chemistry into the classrooms.”
The consortium is also designed to get teachers re-energized, Bradforth said.
“They haven’t had much contact with what's current in science," he said. "They're enthused by this new technology"
The CTTC's first workshop for high school teachers was held in the I see Work shoe page • I
Architecturally sound. Brian DiMaggio, Jr., a junior mooring in architecture, works in the newly dedicated Flewelling and Moody Design Studio. Friday’s dedication ceremony was the first of its kind for the school and comes on the heels of a $100,000 donation from the architecture firm.

--~rr
September 10, 2001
Of interest...
Editorial Columnist Craig Stern discusses the reasons for liberalism's death / 4
The Bindlestijf j Family Cirkus hits j Los Angeles with a contemporary blend of outrageous sexual humor and old-fashioned vaudeville and burlesque traditions / 7
News Digest 2 Opinions 4
Campus Insider 6 Lifestyle 7
The Buzz 7 Classifieds 12
Crossword 13 Sports 16
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
vol. CXUV, no 8 www.datiytrojan.cofn
Concert Students look for last minute ways to buy or sell tickets to Madonnas sold-out show downtown
By SOPHIA KA2MI
Assistant City Editor
Ads in the classifieds say they have them. Local radio stations enticed listeners all weekend with them, and some students are still having a hard time getting them without taking out loans.
They could only be tickets for Madonnas concert for this week.
The first of four of her shows kicked off yesterday with much fan-
Mason Poole i Daily Tfotan
fare, but the excitement did not come cheap.
Tickets for Madonna's Drowned World Tour sold out within hours, even when original prices for the tour were high. The best seats at the Staples Center originally sold for $500 a pair.
Now that the concert is here, however, last-minute fans are finding out that they are paying more than double the price of original tickets. Even seats labeled “partial view only” are going for as much as $50 to $100 each.
But some students believe that the pricey tickets are worth it for the concert.
“The Madonna concert prices are triple the regular price at the Staples Center, which is usually around $65,” said Katrina Wan, a junior majoring in public relations, I see Tickets, page 10 I
Give it to them. The victorious Kansas State Wildcats greet some of their 10,000 fans after Saturday s football game. Entire sections of the Coliseum were filled with purple-clad fans who made the pilgrimage from Manhattan, Kan., to watch the team pound the Trojans.
Decade-old science labs get face-lift
Construction: Facilities updated with space and new technology; teaching assistants praise renovation changes
By DENISE CRUZ
Contributing Writer
Five new laboratories in North Science Hall are designed to offer a more modern and comfortable way to learn by doing.
The labs replace ones built more than eight decades ago and are part
of a $12.3 million renovation project. Money for the project came from the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, general university funds and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The labs moved from the first floor of the building to the basement sharing space with the
Southern California Earthquake Center.
“The original labs had been built in the 1920s,” said Barbara Grubb, director of instructional laboratories, calling the labs outdated.
The North Science Hall renovation was announced last year, as part of an effort to improve teaching facilities and compete with other universities, officials said.
Students and teaching assistants are now using the labs, which were
completed during the summer.
Geoff Pignotta. a graduate stu dent in geology and a TA for Geology 130, teaches in one of the labs and is pleased with the upgrade.
“The labs are great," he said: “The construction (in the rest of the building) is not totally finished, but the setup is much nicer. It's easier to teach, there's more space... and the chairs are fantastic."
Digital projectors will also allow
I see Labs, page 10
*
Chemistry lessons revisited
‘By the time students get to colk'gr. they have a pretty good sense of what they like and dislike. We want to get tluil enthusiasm far chemistry
STEVE BRADFORTH professor of chemistry
Program: Workshop helps high school teachers bring Internet, 3-D into classroom
By SARAH REA
Contributing Writer
As high school students page through their chemistry textbooks, they are often unimpressed by the flat pictures of hemoglobin, water molecules and strands of DNA.
The traditional boredom has gone on far too long, according to several USC chemistry professors. If students' first taste of science were flavorless; then they would never choose a career in science.
So, in 1999, chemistry department officials Steve Bradforth, Chi
Mak and Bruno Herreros created the Consortium for Technology in Teaching Chemistry, which aims to bring 3-D imagery and the Internet into high school classrooms.
“By the time students get to college, they have a pretty good sens£ of what they like and dislike,” said Bradforth, a professor of chemistry. “We want to get that enthusiasm for chemistry into the classrooms.”
The consortium is also designed to get teachers re-energized, Bradforth said.
“They haven’t had much contact with what's current in science," he said. "They're enthused by this new technology"
The CTTC's first workshop for high school teachers was held in the I see Work shoe page • I
Architecturally sound. Brian DiMaggio, Jr., a junior mooring in architecture, works in the newly dedicated Flewelling and Moody Design Studio. Friday’s dedication ceremony was the first of its kind for the school and comes on the heels of a $100,000 donation from the architecture firm.